OpenText™ Exceed™ User's Guide User’s Guide Version 15 OpenText™ Exceed™ User's Guide Rev.: 2/27/15 This documentation has been created for software version 15.0. It is also valid for subsequent software versions as long as no new document version is shipped with the product or is published at https://knowledge.opentext.com. Open Text SA 40 Avenue Monterey, Luxembourg, Luxembourg L-2163 Tel: 35 2 264566 1 Open Text Corporation 275 Frank Tompa Drive, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 0A1 Tel: +1-519-888-7111 Toll Free Canada/USA: 1-800-499-6544 International: +800-4996-5440 Fax: +1-519-888-0677 Support: http://support.opentext.com For more information, visit https://www.opentext.com Copyright © 2015 Open Text SA and/or Open Text ULC (in Canada). All Rights Reserved. Trademarks owned by Open Text SA or Open Text ULC (in Canada). All rights reserved. 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However, OpenText Corporation and its affiliates accept no responsibility and offer no warranty whether expressed or implied, for the accuracy of this publication. ii Contents Chapter 1: Introducing Exceed 1 Welcome to Exceed .................................................................................................... 3 Exceed and X Windows .............................................................................. 3 The Exceed Interface .................................................................................................. 4 Exceed Applications and Tools ................................................................................. 6 Exceed Tools .............................................................................................. 6 Security Tools ............................................................................................. 7 Other Exceed Products .............................................................................................. 7 Exceed 3D ................................................................................................... 7 User Files .................................................................................................................... 8 Chapter 2: Connecting to Hosts and Running X Clients 11 Connecting ............................................................................................................... 13 Starting X Clients Using a Remote Process .............................................. 13 About Window Managers ....................................................................................... 14 Starting Local Window Managers ............................................................ 15 Starting Remote X Window Managers ..................................................... 16 Displaying X Clients ................................................................................. 18 Location of Menu Commands ................................................................. 18 Multiple X Display Support ..................................................................... 19 Entering Data Using the Mouse and Keyboard ....................................... 21 iii OpenText™ Exceed™ User's Guide Copying and Pasting in Exceed ............................................................................... 22 Edit Menu Commands .............................................................................23 Copying and Pasting Data ........................................................................23 Copying and Pasting Graphics .................................................................24 Copying and Pasting Between X Selection and File .................................26 Copying and Pasting Between X Clients ..................................................27 Setting Print Settings ................................................................................27 Accessing Hosts and Starting Applications ............................................................ 28 About Xstart .............................................................................................28 Startup Files ..............................................................................................29 Startup Methods .......................................................................................30 Xstart Events .............................................................................................31 Creating Startup Files .............................................................................................. 31 Creating Shortcuts ....................................................................................34 Running an Xstart File .............................................................................34 Launching Windows Applications ...........................................................35 Typical Xstart Commands ........................................................................36 Responding to an Xstart Timeout ............................................................37 Displaying Xstart Login Information .......................................................38 Displaying the Xstart Host Reply Window ..............................................39 Browsing for Hosts and Applications .......................................................40 Xstart Host and Application Files ............................................................44 Listing NIS Maps on the System ..............................................................45 Load Optimization ...................................................................................46 Using Xstart on VMS Systems ................................................................................ 49 TCP/IP Transports ...................................................................................49 Startup Modes .......................................................................................................... 50 Selecting an X Client Startup Mode .........................................................50 Passive Startup Mode ...............................................................................51 XDMCP Query Startup Mode ..................................................................52 XDMCP Indirect Startup Mode ...............................................................53 XDMCP Broadcast Startup Mode ............................................................55 XDMCP Timeouts ....................................................................................57 iv Contents Chapter 3: Advanced Connection Methods 59 Advanced Xstart Features ........................................................................................ 61 Using Login Macros ................................................................................. 61 Creating a Global Login ........................................................................... 63 Defining User ID and Password Macros .................................................. 65 Remembering Host Passwords ................................................................. 65 Managing the Password List in Xstart ..................................................... 65 Password Expiry Prompts ........................................................................ 66 Changing Hosts, IDs, and Passwords Across Multiple Files .................... 67 Running Multiple Exceed Sessions .......................................................... 67 Starting Multiple X Clients or Windows Programs ................................. 68 Running Xstart from a Command Line ................................................... 69 Environment Variables 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